Vi

By heavenTime

2/22/2014 2:42:54 PM

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This build guide for Vi is for Jungle, by heavenTime, a Challenger player in NA and jungler for Team Lolpro. Vi is an extremely strong and versatile jungler who can easily shutdown a carry. She can carry games very easily and has very little downside. Strong at all stages of the game, Vi is definitely worth learning.
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Warlord is a very poor choice, it gives +5.5 AD with a maximally offensive build (SotEL, Triforce, TBC). 2 more points in executioner will always be better, the last can be in Dangerous Game or Fury. Warlord is pretty much never a good mastery, since it only works off of bonus AD. It's especially bad with the early-game focus.

Enchanted Armor is poor for the same reasons. If you build all the recommended MR items you get 140 MR, so it provides 7 more MR. If you build the most possible armor from the recommended items, you get 345 bonus Armor, so it provides 17.25 more Armor. And that's if you build pure tank with no damage, and get to 6 items.

TL;DR: Warlord and Enchanted Armor are bad. Never take them for an early-game focused champion, and especially never take them together. Even for an unrealistic ADC focusing purely on AD (IE + BT + ER + Scimitar + LW) Warlord will add less than 20 AD. It's a waste of points.

You've convinced me that warlord is bad, but Enchanted armor is tier 1, and there's not really anything good there. Each point of armor is supposed to reduce damage taken by 1% (according to riot) so the enchanted armor should be better than block.

If team is ahead and/or you are fed go Ancient Lizard, but if you have the slightest doubt about your duelling abilty, go Ancient Golem.

Single agressive item :Triforce is godsent on Vi, but if you get kited a lot, consider buying Blade of the Ruined King. Black Cleaver is also fine, but more situational. If you went agressive, you can replace your Ancient Lizard by any of theese items or a Maw of Malmortiuswhen late game comes around.

Tanky items : In the current meta, banshees are really strong as well as randuins. I usually don't build sunfy or mogs because I dive a lot and I need my items to be fit to this playstyle. If you like to be more of a classic Renekton-like tank, your build is quite fit.

Ganking style :

Vi is good at any stage of the game and you have a very high dmg output even when building tanky. You can wreck carries and tanks regardless of play style but keep in mind that you need to land your Q to be a threat. Don't rush it, if you can catch an opponent without using it keep it when they'll try to flee your allmightyness. Q applies denting blows which means your main combo can be ULT+Instant Q+Auto+E a carry for insane instant damage + disruptiveness.

Early tankVi is just unstoppable. I upgrade my E then W a lot. That shield is just crazy good. Boots of Swiftness for that speed to get all over the map to help your team with ganks and you move through jungle much faster.Black Cleaver DESTROYS everyone on the enemy team. Vi already shreds right through armor, so as soon as your team is finished killing the ADC and Mid laner, Vi stands toe to toe VERY well with even the tankiest of champions.Trinity Force...some people dont really agree with it. But every time ive build it on Vi no matter what direction my game is going its wonderful for obvious reasons!Frozen Gauntlet is one of my favorite items in the game. That AOE is so great. and of course the armor. Then the last item is for whatever you need. Whether you need to defend from that fed Mid laner or ADC.... also. If your team has the advantage and you can just buy another item for the offence go Witts End.